#genre-evolution

#genre-evolution

By 2021's Seek Shelter, they had a gospel choir on board and mixed anthemic songs imagine Oasis mired in angst, gloom and distortion with tracks that interpolated the Carter Family's Can the Circle Be Unbroken? or bore the influence of French chanson. Their sixth album, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter, is billed as a return to punky first principles. We wanted to try to shed any unnecessary weight, Rnnenfelt has said, describing its contents as immediate, urgent, raw and fast.

Seventeen years on from the release of her debut single, Florence Welch finds herself in an intriguingly strong position: while most of her early 00s indie peers are forgotten or in reduced circumstances, she is a major influence on pop, from Ethel Cain to the Last Dinner Party to Chappell Roan. Her recent album Everybody Scream was a strong restatement of her theatrical approach with more light and shade than you might expect but it's on stage that she really comes into her own.